Effective January 1, 2013, Randy M. Newcomer will lead the NGL and Petrochemical Services business of Williams Companies, Inc. and Williams Partners L.P. on an interim basis, acting as a Senior Vice President, NGL and Petchem Services, of Williams and Williams Partners GP LLC, the general partner of WPZ. Newcomer, age 60, has been Williams' Vice President, Operations Performance - Midstream, since 2010, managing since 2011 the team that reorganized Williams' senior management structure. He was a vice president for Williams' olefins & natural gas liquids business from 2004.

From 1996, he was a vice president for refining and marketing operations of Williams or MAPCO, Inc., which merged with Williams in 1998.